Staff Reporter
Punjab Inspector General of Police Inam Ghani said that besides providing awareness and practical experience of police work and field work to the students, bilateral cooperation between Punjab Police and educational institutions should be enhanced to increase their knowledge and capacity building.
In this regard, it has been planned to start an internship program in Punjab Police offices to acquaint the degree holder students studying in major educational institutions with the police working in addition to educational and research purposes. He said that a working paper for the approval of the internship program should be prepared and presented in the next meeting of the Executive Board so that a final decision could be taken in consultation with all the officers. He said that prior to the inception of the internship program, MoUs must be signed with the major educational institutions of Punjab to pave way for students studying in various degree programs to enter in various short and long term internship programs in police offices.
He said that the internship should start from the Central Police Office as a pilot project and later on be extended to all regional police offices including Lahore. The IGP said that the internees would not only get useful information about police working but would also give excellent results as the ambassador of Punjab Police in the society. The participants were informed that certificates would also be distributed to students upon successfully completion of internship program.
During the meeting, Additional IG Training Kanwar Shahrukh said that research and results of the internship could be used for betterment of the professional affairs of the Punjab Police, which would further improve the overall quality of police working. It was proposed to share other resources including human resources between the Punjab Police and educational institutions under the internship program while arranging study tours of university students to different offices of the police department. Additional IG Establishment Azhar Hameed Khokhar, Additional IG Training Kanwar Shahrukh, Additional IGP PHP Shahid Hanif, Additional IG D& I Ghulam Rasool Zahid, DIG Establishment-II Maqsood Al Hassan, DIG Legal Jawad Ahmed Dogar, DIG Training Suleiman Sultan Rana, DIG Headquarters Syed Khurram Ali, DIG Welfare Agha Muhammad Yousuf, DIG Establishment Sharaq Kamal Siddiqui, DIG IAB Muhammad Yousuf Malik, AIG Training Tanveer Ahmad Tahir and other officers were also present.
